Chernigovka | |
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Coordinates: 44°20′26″N 132°34′08″E / 44.34056°N 132.56889°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Primorsky Krai |
Founded | 1886 |
Population | |
• Total | 10,124 |
• Municipal district | Chernigov |
Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 [2]) |
Postal code(s)[3] | |
Dialing code(s) | +7 42351 |
OKTMO ID | 05653425101 |
Website | chernigovka |
Chernigovka (Russian: Черниговка) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Chernigovsky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia. Population: 13,046 (2010 Russian census);[1] 14,310 (2002 Census);[4] 15,842 (1989 Soviet census).[5]
Chernigovka was established in 1886 by a group of 25 families from the village of Mutin in the Krolevetsky district of the Chernigov province. The migrants chose a comfortable plain surrounded by wooded hills and a small river, and named the village after their former home, the Chernigov province.[6]